Victorian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 24

    (1)     This regulation applies if—

        (a)     a health or safety issue arises at a workplace or from the conduct of the undertaking of an employer; and

        (b)     an employee wishes to raise the issue for resolution.

    (2)     The employee must report the issue to—

        (a)     the health and safety representative, if there is a health and safety representative; or

        (b)     to the employer or employer representative, if there is no health and safety representative.

    (3)     An employee may take all steps to report an issue, including leaving the employee's part of the workplace, if the steps are reasonable in the circumstances.

    (4)     Nothing in this regulation prevents an employee from reporting the issue to the employer or any other person in addition to the health and safety representative.